New paintings, hot off the easel, and some thoughts on art and life ...

Art and writing tend to be low paying jobs, but they do have the advantage of a lax dress code.  When you work at home, creating stuff, who cares what you're wearing?

I thought about this when a new student was scheduled to come to my home studio for her first painting lesson.  My husband and I were standing in the kitchen that morning, and as I looked down at my feet I said "Guess I'd better change out of slippers today so I can make a good impression, huh?"  But a second later I thought, "Why?"  Shouldn't a new art student learn about one of the features of the job?

I'm a writer and a painter, and I tend to do my writing early in the morning.  I'm still in robe and slippers most of the time.  Later I exercise, get dressed and start painting, but since I have a no-shoes-in-the-house habit, I keep my slippers on. I used to get dressed up to go to work, and I kind of miss it because I love clothes.  But I LOVE doing exactly what I want to do every day, which is what I get to do as an independent artist and writer.  And what I want to do most days is write in pajamas, paint in slippers.

P. S. - The painting above is part of my "year in the garden" project, and it's called 'Mermaid' Rose.

P.P.S. - My middle grade adventure novel is called Ben Franklin Is An Alien, and it's available on Amazon.